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BlackRock and STOXX expand their global collaboration in factor solutions, which implement optimized strategies targeting long-term potential outperformance while controlling for risk, designed for the core of portfolios.
New ESMA rules establish which funds can carry terms such as ‘ESG’ or ‘SRI’ in their names. While the guidelines are designed for funds, they are likely to impact the names and methodologies of underlying indices too.
The EURO STOXX 50 Volatility-Balanced index, which combines an investment in stocks with a dynamic allocation to volatility futures, jumped 8% on August 5 amid a broad equities sell-off. The volatility strategy has returned an average of 3.2 percentage points a year above its benchmark since 2006 as tail-risk protection paid off.
A well-researched multifactor strategy can help investors avoid the inherent pitfalls of style-premia harvesting and cyclical headwinds, while increasing opportunities for incremental returns. We analyze the performance of the STOXX Equity Factor indices that have underlied iShares ETFs since June 2022.
Eurex’s Mezhgan Qabool explains how demand to invest in chipmakers drove the launch of the STOXX Semiconductor 30 index futures in March, and what the new product offers for portfolios.
A portfolio’s decarbonization becomes more difficult once an emissions reduction of 60% is achieved, as high-emissions sectors become depleted. Thereafter, the portfolio construction approach — whether exclusion or optimization — will make a difference to the resulting tracking error and size of the portfolio.
Eight STOXX Thematic indices underlying ETFs in Europe had their annual rebalancing in June, with six of them seeing updates to the business sectors associated with the targeted theme. The ‘purity’ ratio, or theme-related revenue, remains above 80%.
Asset TV caught up with Hamish Seegopaul, Global Head of Index Product Innovation at STOXX; and Zubin Ramdarshan, Head of Equity & Index Product Design at Eurex, to understand just how VSTOXX and its derivatives work. They were joined by Yangyang Hou, Executive Director for Global Quantitative and Derivatives Strategy at JP Morgan, who explained how investors and traders are using VSTOXX futures and options in a market with plenty of sources of potential risk.
Daily expiration options on the EURO STOXX 50 and DAX indices have attracted significant flows since launch last year on Eurex as instruments to gain market exposure around specific, short-term macroeconomic and political events. We ask experts at Optiver, Eurex and STOXX what these types of options bring to the market.
STOXX’s European benchmarks offer transparent and liquid exposure to the region, and are at the center of a wide ecosystem of derived investment strategies and products. Those characteristics have made the indices the top choice for issuers of investable products.
February 28 - 29, 2024 | Congress Center Messe Frankfurt | STOXX is a proud Prime Sponsor of Derivatives Forum Frankfurt 2024. Derivatives Forum Frankfurt is the leading European event focused on trading and clearing for derivatives across asset classes.
The digital assets market is growing strongly, yet it still lacks the maturity of traditional markets. A blue-chip index can bring transparency, help standardize prices and enable institutional-level investment products, a panel of experts argued during the webinar.